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Today’s blog is going
to be more of a glimpse into the lives of Da Luca's team members. Once a year
there is one week at Da Luca where we don't look like leather artisans, we look
like our inspirations. What week is that? Comic Con, of course! We are a San
Diego company and only a couple of trolley stops away from the world famous San
Diego Comic Con—plus we just happen to be giant nerds here at Da Luca. You
probably wouldn't recognize our team if you saw us at Comic Con.

So let's talk about Da
Luca’s favorite time of the year in San Diego.

Comic con is a very
special time in San Diego. The trolley is filled up with knights in shining
armor getting ready to battle. The SCA and Adrian Empire are two different
medieval/early renaissance re-enactment groups that participate in Comic Con
every year on the mezzanine level. You will find sword fighting, archery, and
belly dancing, among other things.

Wait, was that Deadpool
waiting in the trees above the Hall H line? I think yes. And that's where you
will probably find Da Luca’s artisans baking out in the hot San Diego sun and waiting
through the night to get in the coveted Hall H. It sure is an adventure but
well worth it once inside the gigantic, air conditioned convention center room.

Hall H is where the
big movies/TV shows hold their panels and thousands of us star struck nerds
will wait all day and all night just for the opportunity to see our favorite
actors, get a sneak peek at new seasons of shows or movies about to come
out.And once you do finally get in to
have all your dreams come true, there are more lines, the bathroom lines!

Yep, that's the
bathroom line! But don't worry the wait to get into Hall H is always worth it.
The awesome questions and answers that you hear or the secret Star Wars concert
that they surprised us with are some of the reasons that make this event worth
it.

If waiting in long
lines is not your thing don't worry, there are plenty of other activities to
participate in at Comic Con, as well as outside the convention center in our
world famous Gaslamp Quarter.

The floor is where
everything is at. You can see your favorite comic book artists and writers, run
into childhood icons, or even accidentally take a picture with a celebrity and
have no idea because they are in costume.

Your favorite stars
come out for meet and greets as well.Is that George RR
Martin?!Why yes it is!

If you don't get tickets have no fear as our downtown
area has plenty of pop culture to go around. Outside the convention center there
is plenty to do and plenty to see.

Did you spot your favorite
Da Luca leather artisans in these pictures? Just remember if you need any
awesome custom leather pieces made for your cosplay, be sure to contact us. We
don't only do watch straps.

With Guardians of the Galaxy 2 about to come out we are going take a
look back at Guardians of the Galaxy
and our favorite leather clad superhero Star Lord, and try to match our leather
accessories to the film.So let's recap movie 1 to get ready
for movie 2.In the beginning of the movie Peter Quill
starts out on [...]

When you think of Super Villains you don't think of them as forward
thinking individuals. However, they all seem to have amazing lairs that take
some extreme engineering to make happen.Let's just take a quick look at some of my favorite super villain’s
lairs.We’ll start with probably the most well-known super villain lair. The
Death Star. I can't even [...]

What’s the biggest thing in today's pop culture? Comics and all
things nerdy! This week on our blog we will be focused on pop culture and the
products that are being advertised within that culture.Imagine that you’re standing there, viewing the entire world
right before your eyes. It's yours for the protecting. Your cape is billowing
in the wind, [...]

Since the 1940’s Officine Panerai has produced a type of watch with its winding crown at 9 o’clock and on the left side of its case. Like many of Officine Panerai’s models, the original design of this very watch was initially created for Italian Navy commandos, because left-handers need some love as well when it [...]

Throughout last week we here at the DaLuca blog have been taking a gradual historical journey through the existence of Officine Panerai’s hometown, Florence, Italy. We’ve learned about everything from it’s creation up to today and that’s what today is all about, what the modern day city of of Florence is all about.During the 19th [...]

For the past few weeks here on the DaLuca blog we have been spending weeks at a time not only investigating the history of the watchmaking world, but this week we have been looking at the history of the city of Florence, the birthplace of Officine Panerai. We left off in the city of Florence [...]

It’s Thursday here at DaLuca, and everywhere else for that matter. Which means that we only have another day to go until Friday! And also that, like every Tuesday and Thursday here on the blog, today we’re looking at a certain Panerai model in depth!Earlier in the week we posted an article about a new [...]

As they have for the past 20+ decades Officine Panerai has continued to shower us loyal fans with all sorts of new toys on a constant and regular basis. Today we examine a model just recently released in only 50 pieces to the drooling masses earlier this very year (2014).Panerai is a champion of the [...]